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• A Columbia County Alternative School student went before the school system hearing officer on May 16 for disorderly conduct and was suspended for the remainder of the school year and ordered to attend the alternative school for the first semester of next year.

• A Lakeside High School student went before the hearing officer on May 16 for possession of a knife and drugs and was suspended for the remainder of the school year and was ordered to attend the alternative school for the first semester of next year.

Arlyn Bateman of Evans was awarded the Lake Forest College Presidential Scholarship for out-of-state students and the Forester Johnson Science Scholarship. Bateman attended Greenbrier High School and is expected to graduate in 2016.

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Eric Preheim, a graduate of Lakeside High School, received the Dean’s Scholarship from Bethel College for the 2012-13 academic year. The scholarship is valued at $28,000 over a four-year period. He is the son of Brian and Cynthia Preheim of Martinez.

Just before 4 p.m., Demaggio was driving west on the 5700 block of Wrightsboro Road just west of Water Branch Baptist Church outside Grovetown when she ran off the right side of the road, said Columbia County Sheriff’s Capt. Sharif Chochol.

• A Grovetown High School student went before the school system hearing officer on May 8 for an act of violence against a school official and was suspended for the remainder of the school year and was ordered to attend the Columbia County Alternative School for the first semester of next year.

• A Columbia County Alternative School student went before the hearing officer on May 8 for an accumulation of offenses and was suspended for the remainder of the school year.